FLINT, MI – Laticia Hill received
the best Christmas gift any mother could receive – finding out her missing
daughter was safe.

Hill was driving on Sunday, Dec. 22, when she
received a phone call from her daughter, Allante Hill, 19, who had been
missing since the beginning of November. She was at a hospital in Brooklyn, she
told her mother, and she was OK, Laticia Hill said.

"I was shocked," she said. "I was
overjoyed. She called me and said 'momma I'm OK.'"

Hill was last seen on Nov. 2, around 3:30 a.m. in the drive-through of
the McDonalds Restaurant at Dort Highway and Lapeer Road. She was seen with a
man, who later turned himself in and said he did nothing wrong.

Hill said a police officer in New York saw her
daughter walking down the street on Sunday. He approached her and asked her
what her name was. He ran her name through the system and discovered she had been reported missing, Hill said.

He then took her to the hospital
where she stayed overnight for observation. The two haven't seen each other
yet, but have talked on the phone several times. Allante Hill is expected to
stay in New York where she wants to join a youth ministry to receive some help, her mother said.

In the meantime, Hill is staying with a family friend and in "good spirits," her mother said.

At this point, it's not clear why
she went to New York or how she got there, her mother said. All that matters is
that she is safe, she said.

"It's the greatest feeling," Laticia
Hill said. "It's such a relief. All the prayers were answered. I'm just overjoyed and extremely happy."

Community members came out in
droves, holding prayer vigils and handing out fliers with Hill's information on
it. Laticia Hill said she was thankful for all the support.